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Paperback. The story of an ordinary couple with young children escaping from rat-race Britain to a smallholding in northern Spain, from financial security to fresh air but hard toil and no money.. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; BGA; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 23. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KLN0018145
ISBN
9780751535488
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The story of an ordinary couple with young children escaping from rat-race Britain to a smallholding in northern Spain, from financial security to fresh air but hard toil and no money.. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; BGA; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 23. Weight in Grams: 240.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
0th Edition
SKU
KNW0007974
ISBN
9780751535488
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1MBF; BGA; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780855757779
ISBN
9780855757779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; HBTZ1; TDPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 276 x 18. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Regnery Publishing Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781621575153
ISBN
9781621575153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.08

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vertebrate Graphics Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911342311
ISBN
9781911342311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.19

Paperback. Shadowed by the unhappiness of his warring parents, a broad-minded mother who, like her son, was keen to embrace all things Chinese, and a bigoted father who was enraged by his family's interest in 'going native', Martin Booth's compelling memoir is a journey into Chinese culture and an extinct colonial way of life. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; BGA; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Bantam
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553816723
ISBN
9780553816723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.33

paperback. Explores the author's relationship with his father. This title also reflects on the life and legacy of the author's cousin, Lucy Partington, who disappeared without trace in 1973 and was exhumed twenty years later from the basement of Frederick West, one of Britain's prolific serial murderers. Num Pages: 416 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099285823
ISBN
9780099285823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.53

Hardcover. This biography chronicles the personal and professional life of a principled, resourceful and deeply religious woman. Puckett offers a valuable perspective on schooling in the 20th century rural South, as well as capturing the essence of daily life in the communities. Series: Southern Voices from the Past: Women's Letters, Diaries & Writings S. Num Pages: 336 pages, 14 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; BGA; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820322599
ISBN
9780820322599
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.41

Paperback. Aged 13, Martha Long is rescued by the courts from the clutches of her evil stepfather and her feckless mother. After numerous arrests for shoplifting, a judge rules that she is to be sent to a convent school. Her initial relief at escaping the abuse and neglect she suffered at home is, however, short-lived. This is her memoir. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
9781845964498
ISBN
9781845964498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.83

Paperback. Born a bastard to a teenage mother in the slums of 1950s Dublin, Martha has to be a fighter from the very start. As her mother moves from man to man, and more children follow, they live hand-to-mouth in squalid, freezing tenements, clothed in rags and forced to beg for food. This book tells the story of her early life. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 340. 477pp
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
9781845963132
ISBN
9781845963132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. At 16, Martha collapses on the streets, suffering from starvation and exposure. She has reached rock bottom, but after Martha is taken to hospital, Lady Luck smiles kindly on her and she is given the opportunity to get off the streets for ever. Before long, Martha is on the way to leading the normal life she has so long dreamt of. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPK; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845967031
ISBN
9781845967031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.33

Paperback. Martha is now in her thirties. Her daughter has left home and she is lonely and vulnerable. The hard knocks have taken their toll on her health. As she teeters on the brink of a nervous breakdown, a phone call summons ghosts from the past. She discovers that one of the family is dead and the others need her help. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780575414
ISBN
9781780575414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.81

Paperback. After a failed suicide attempt and recovery in the mad house, Martha is heading for France to be reunited with the one true love of her life. Father Ralph Fitzgerald rescued her from the streets when she was sixteen and was the first person to show Martha true love and affection. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJP; BGA; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780576114
ISBN
9781780576114
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.39

Paperback. John and Martha were an ambitious American couple. With six Harvard degrees between them, and living in the refined atmosphere of the Harvard campus, the last thing they expected was to become parents to a Down's Syndrome baby. This is their story. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; VFXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749921903
ISBN
9780749921903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Mark Wallington, who want to change the face of British comedy, is going to finance this dream by becoming a gardener. The result is an account of a year spent working in other people's gardens. This is the story of nights spent in the back room of a pub trying to write scripts, and of days spent understanding the British obsession with gardening. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099472674
ISBN
9780099472674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.59

Hardback. Contains 338 letters that document the first two years of the author's loving marriage to Olivia L Langdon. This title recounts a tumultuous time: a growing international fame, the birth of a sickly first child, and the near-fatal illness of his wife. Editor(s): Frank, Michael B.; Salamo, Lin. Series: Mark Twain Papers. Num Pages: 850 pages, 70 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 57. Weight in Grams: 967.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
850
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520203600
ISBN
9780520203600
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 165.03

Hardcover. Contains the letters that trace young Sam Clemens' remarkable self-transformation from a footloose, irreverent West Coast journalist to a popular lecturer and author of "The Jumping Frog", soon to be a national and international celebrity. Editor(s): Smith, Harriet Elinor; Bucci, Richard; Salamo, Lin. Series: Mark Twain Papers. Num Pages: 703 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 47. Weight in Grams: 976.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
703
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520036697
ISBN
9780520036697
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 165.03

Hardcover. Num Pages: 205 pages, black & white illustrations, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BG; JFSR1; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Schocken
Condition
New
SKU
V9780805242942
ISBN
9780805242942
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.05

Paperback. Mark Twain's "Own Autobiography" stands as the last of Twain's great yarns. This book covers a wealth of critical work done on Twain since 1990. It also includes a discussion of literary domesticity, locating the autobiography within the history of Twain's literary work and within Twain's own understanding and experience of domestic concerns. Editor(s): Kiskis, Michael J. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299234744
ISBN
9780299234744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.47

Paperback. * A Childhood Stolen. An Innocence Betrayed. A Life Redeemed * A shocking and inspiring true account of addiction and recovery - in the tradition of The Kid and Ugly Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BTP; VFJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751539738
ISBN
9780751539738
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.68

Hardcover. Tells the story of Marjane Satrapi's life in Tehran from the ages of six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. This title paints a portrait of daily life in Iran and of the bewildering contradictions between home life and public life. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; BGA; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
First U.K. Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224064408
ISBN
9780224064408
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.79

Hardcover. "Persepolis" ended in a cliffhanger in 1984, just as 14 year old Marjane was leaving behind her home in Tehran, escaping fundamentalism and the war in Iraq to begin a new life in the West. Here we follow her through the next eight years of her life - four years in Vienna, and four years back in Iran. Num Pages: 192 pages, b&w drawings throught. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224074407
ISBN
9780224074407
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.31

Paperback. An international bestseller, Prisoner of Tehran is the astonishing, true account of one woman's remarkable courage in the face of terror. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 x 8pp black & white. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 116 x 19. Weight in Grams: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719522390
ISBN
9780719522390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. An international bestseller, Prisoner of Tehran is the astonishing, true account of one womans remarkable courage in the face of terror. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 x 8pp black & white. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 210. Good clean copy showing light shelf and reading wear, remains a nice copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
John Murray
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KSG0011661
ISBN
9780719562525
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In 1954, in a remote South American village, a four-year-old girl was abducted and then abandoned deep in the Colombian rainforest. At around ten years old, a completely feral Marina Chapman was returned to civilisation by hunters, who sold her to a brothel. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; BGA; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd Edinburgh
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780576541
ISBN
9781780576541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.08

Paperback. The former mining town of Stanley lies only twenty minutes drive from the beautiful cathedral city of Durham. Yet the two are worlds apart. Marilyn Hardy recounts in touching detail the trials of growing up in this impoverished mining town and her life-long struggle to find happiness, from her troubled relationship with her undemonstrative mother. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYD; 3JJ; BGA; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 112 x 19. Weight in Grams: 139.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Virgin Books
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KLN0017901
ISBN
9780753513965
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The biography of a White Russian emigree trapped with her family in Hitler's Germany at the outbreak of World War II. Living among the ruins of Berlin during Allied bombing raids, she grew up to be a strong-minded, committed and courageous woman. Num Pages: 368 pages, 12pp b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGA; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 27. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712665803
ISBN
9780712665803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.27

Paperback. In 1950s rural Ireland a widow conceals pregnancy by travelling to Belfast and giving birth to a girl named Marie Therese. The child was left to face a life of misery in the care of nuns at Nazareth House. This is her story, one of resilience and the need to discover who she really is by tracing the mother that the nuns had told her didn't exist. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1DBR; BGA; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 174 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Colourpoint Creative Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780730653
ISBN
9781780730653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFME; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 210. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTK0100583
ISBN
9781444791228
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. As a child in a small rural village in Sierra Leone, Mariatu Kamara lived peacefully surrounded by family and friends. Rumors of rebel attacks were no more than a distant worry. But when 12-year-old Mariatu set out for a neighboring village, she never arrived. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162. 224 pages. As a child in a small rural village in Sierra Leone, Mariatu Kamara lived peacefully surrounded by family and friends. Rumors of rebel attacks were no more than a distant worry. But when 12-year-old Mariatu set out for a neighboring village, she never arrived. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFDE; BGA. Dimension: 197 x 133 x 15. Weight: 162.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408805190
ISBN
9781408805190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 339 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Number of pages
339
Condition
New
SKU
V9781876756826
ISBN
9781876756826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.56

Paperback. The shocking story of a young girl forced into prostitution by her own father, and her painful journey to escape her horrific childhood and build a new life for herself and her sons. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFE1; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 220. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOG0004822
ISBN
9780007268771
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Chronicles the author's decade in Cuba from 1969 to 1980. This work gives readers an inside look at her children's education, the process through which new law was enacted, the ins and outs of healthcare, employment, internationalism, culture, and ordinary people's lives. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Edition
None ed.
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813544328
ISBN
9780813544328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 221 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551112763
ISBN
9781551112763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 31.66

Hardcover. Margaret Fuchs was thirteen in June 1955 when she learned that her parents had been Communists while working for the US government in the 1930s and '40s. This book chronicles the years during which her parents were exposed and her father was subpoenaed before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Num Pages: 360 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; BGA; HBT; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Alabama Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817316747
ISBN
9780817316747
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, maps. BIC Classification: BGA; BGHA; JFSJ1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Beaufort Books
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780825306839
ISBN
9780825306839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.83

paperback. The long-awaited autobiography of the archetypal kitchen bad boy - Marco Pierre White Num Pages: 336 pages, 22. BIC Classification: BGA; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Orion
Condition
New
SKU
9780752881614
ISBN
9780752881614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 229 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816520084
ISBN
9780816520084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.18

Hardback. This is the dramatic story of the ups and downs of a born entrepreneur. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 colour plates. BIC Classification: BGA; KJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 241 x 32. Weight in Grams: 706.
Publisher
Icon Books
Number of pages
576
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848317000
ISBN
9781848317000
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 21.18

Paperback. Written by Malala for her peers, this is the story of the girl behind the Nobel Prize-winning icon. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKP; BGA; JN; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Hachette Children´s Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780622163
ISBN
9781780622163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.05